{"id":554,"date":"2007-05-15T00:28:18","date_gmt":"2007-05-15T05:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2007\/05\/15\/os-x-inside-some-virtualized-environment"},"modified":"2007-05-15T00:28:21","modified_gmt":"2007-05-15T05:28:21","slug":"os-x-inside-some-virtualized-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2007\/05\/15\/os-x-inside-some-virtualized-environment","title":{"rendered":"OS X inside some virtualized environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Interweb,<\/p>\n<p>Is there a way for me to install an instance of OS X inside of Parallels or VMWare Fusion? I currently use VMs for QA work, and when I want to QA packages on OS X, I don&#8217;t want to always reinstall clean environments on a test Mac. And yes, you can find problems in clean room environments &#8211; like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2007\/04\/24\/myodbc-not-showing-in-drivers-list-on-mac-os-x\">MyODBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Has PearPC improved, in terms of speed? Or is it dead?<\/p>\n<p>(no, I don&#8217;t care if Apple&#8217;s licensing is still retarded. This is to make <i>my life easier<\/i>.)<\/p>\n<p>Technorati Tags: <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/macosx\" rel=\"tag\">macosx<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/virtualization\" rel=\"tag\">virtualization<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/parallels\" rel=\"tag\">parallels<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/vmware\" rel=\"tag\">vmware<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/qa\" rel=\"tag\">qa<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20OS%20X%20inside%20some%20virtualized%20environment&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F05%2F15%2Fos-x-inside-some-virtualized-environment&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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